Here's the next chap, it was written a while ago, so I'm not sure about it. I was trying to explore the different kids and their relationship with Booth as a father. Here you go!

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Meg

Meg got up early, needing a break from the hectic morning that involved six people trying to get ready. She showered and got dressed into a pair of jeans and a singlet top, quickly making her way to the kitchen to write her dad a note.

Dad,

I've gone to school early to catch up on some school work.

See you tonight

Meg

She grabbed her bike and rode to her boyfriend Mike's house. Almost automatically she dumped the bike behind a bush down the side of the house and climbed to the top of the fence dividing his house and the next door neighbours, using it as leverage to leap up onto the second story roof. She scurried over the roof to Mike's window and pulled it open, slipping through the small gap and into his room.

Michael Summers was what some would call a loner. Despite his sandy blonde hair, bright green eyes and great body most girls at school turned a blind eye to him, knowing that he was secluded. This is one of the things which made Meg so attracted to him, his original personality and interests.

She scanned his room, a sense of familiarity coming over her as she noted each of his band posters. The Beatles, Kings of Leon and Suede graced his walls, photos of him and Meg around his desk. Meg walked up to the side of Mike's bed, curling in to side snugly beside him. He stretched and moved to wrap his arms around her.

'Morning, baby,' he whispered sleepily into her hair. 'It's early.'

'I wanted to see you,' she replied, turning to face him. A smile graced his lips, though his eyes were still closed. She nuzzled her head in under his chin and wrapped her arms around his bare torso.

'Are you alright?' he asked, leaning back slightly to get a look at her expression, but she wouldn't meet his eyes. He cupped her chin and lifted her head to meet her eye line.

'What's wrong, Meg?' He asked.

'I just missed you, I suppose,' she mumbled. 'I feel like I never get to see you anymore now that mum…' She turned away and he wrapped his arms around her once more, pulling her body flush against his. He kissed the spot behind her ear softly.

'I'm sorry, babe,' he whispered into her ear. 'I'm sorry you had to go through that.'

'I'm worried about dad,' she said quietly, resting her hands on his forearms that encircled her waist. She felt him nod behind her. 'I mean, he never talks about it and I just feel like he's ignoring us kids. I know it's hard for him, but Luce, Katie and Ollie need him. I need him.'

'I know,' he replied in that soothing tone of his. She turned in his arms to face him, reaching up to run her hands through the soft hair at the nape of his neck.

'I think you should meet him,' she said and Mike nodded, but his expression tensed. Meg noticed this. 'He'll want to meet you!'

'He doesn't know about me! How do you think he'll respond when you're like; "By the way Dad I've been seeing this guy for nearly two years now, sorry I forgot to mention it."'

'I know how to talk to him,' Meg said. 'And I'm seventeen, what can he do about it? He must have seen you at mum's funeral.'

'Meg, he was barely there, I'm not sure he would have noticed if the President was there!' She nodded, sadness overcoming her face. 'Babe, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.'

'I just want him to be happy!' she said, cursing the tear that rolled down her cheek. He wiped it patiently away with the pad of his thumb before kissing her gently on the lips.

'I Love you,' he whispered quietly as they pulled apart. 'And if you want me to meet your Dad then I will.' Meg smiled.

'That means you're going to have to meet Parker,' she said, a wild grin on her face. 'He told me when I was younger that my first boyfriend would have to face him.'

'Don't make me reconsider,' he chuckled. She smiled and pulled him closer, breathing in his unique scent.

'What would I do without you?' she asked, rubbing her hand over his taught abdominals. He gasped slightly.

'I dunno,' he replied in a husky voice before pulling her in for a deep kiss, lifting one of her legs to hook her thigh around his waist as he began to reach his hand under her shirt. She kissed back with passion, thrusting her tongue into his mouth as she reached around his back to feel his back muscles bunch under her touch. They were so engrossed by each other that they didn't notice as Mike's door opened and his mother walked into the room.

'Michael!' she yelled and Meg and Mike flew apart, both jumping off the bed. Mike stood in front of Meg while she arranged her shirt and zipped up her jeans, which he had somehow managed to undo.

'Mum, it's not what you think,' Mike said hesitantly.

'It's exactly what I think!' Mike's mum yelled, gesturing between the two of them. 'I thought I raised you better Michael.'

'Mum, we're in love,' Mike said quietly.

'What's your name, girl?' Mike's mum asked Meg.

'Meghan Brennan-Booth,' Meg replied.

'Brennan-Booth?' she scoffed. 'Your father is the one with five children? Works with the FBI?'

'Yes,' Meg replied, prouder than she had intended it.

'I can't imagine that would bring in much money-' she began but Mike stepped forward, cutting her off.

'Mum!' he said, angry. 'enough!'

'I simply saying, Michael that with five children, it's hard to-'

'That's enough!' Mike yelled, immediately losing his usually calm persona. 'You do not get to talk to Meg like that!'

'How dare you talk to me like that!' Mike's mother yelled. 'Your father and I have given you a home, given you everything you wanted! And you turn out just like your brother, a disappointment!' Mike expression fell and Meg had a arm wrapped around him in an instant. Mike's twenty year old brother, Ed had died of a drug overdose just after they had started dating. Mike's head fell and his shoulders hunched over.

'I can't live here anymore mum,' he said, his voice low. 'Not with you judging everything I do, comparing me to Ed every second of the day. I'm not him, mum! I'm not going to do that!' Mike began to go around his bedroom throwing stuff into a duffel bag, mumbling to his mum about her smothering him. He pulled on a shirt and turned to face her.

'I've left school now, mum! I'm an adult! I can do what I want and yet you insist on directing my life for me! I can't take it anymore!' He stopped, zipping up his bag and turning to his next to empty room. 'I'll be back for the rest.'

Mrs Summers looked angry more than upset and just blinked in annoyance as Meg and Mike walked past her and down the stairs, out of the front door.

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Meg and Mike arrived at Meg's house just after eight in the morning.

'This wasn't how I was planning for you to meet my dad,' Meg muttered when they reached the front door. Mike just smiled and wrapped an arm around her before dropping it at his side. Meg opened the door to find the usual chaos of the morning. Katie and Lucy were eating breakfast while watching TV, Parker and Ollie were no doubt still asleep and Booth was standing in the kitchen absently chewing on a piece of toast.

'Meg!' he said as she walked in, clearly in need for a distraction. 'I thought you went to school?' His expression turned from happiness to confusion to slight anger as he saw Mike walk in behind her holding a duffel bag.

'Dad, this is Mike,' she said quietly. Mike smiled nervously. 'Mike, this is my Dad, Seeley.'

'You can call me Agent Booth,' Booth said as he shook Mike's hand.

'Dad!' Meg exclaimed, more winy than she had intended. 'Don't be ridiculous! Mike, you can call him Seeley.' Meg shot her dad a warning glare.

'So, Mike, you are Meg's…friend…?' he asked unsubtly.

'He's my boyfriend, dad,' Meg said bluntly. Booth looked stuck for words.

'Boyfriend?' Meg heard Parker ask with genuine confusion as he walked into the kitchen, hair ruffled from sleep, his pyjama bottoms hanging loosely on his hips.

'You've never mentioned a boyfriend,' Booth said, jaw stiff.

'Yeah,' Parker said, standing next to Booth. 'You've never mentioned a boyfriend.' The expressions of the Booth men were identical, confusion and anger riddled into their features.

'How long have you been together?' Booth asked.

'Two years,' Meg said quietly.

'Two years!' Booth threw his hands up in shock. 'And you've never told me, never told us? Does anyone in this family know? Does Lucy know?' Meg shook her head.

'Did mum know?' Parker asked, pain itching its way into his features. 'Did Bones know that you were keeping this from us?'

'Yes,' Meg replied. 'She did. She understood that I needed something to myself! We have no secrets in this family, no privacy and I just needed to have an outlet. And Mike was there for me and whenever I needed to forget…'

'Please just stop talking!' Parker said, his head in his hands. 'Before I begin to misconstrue what you're saying, oh wait, I already have. Are you sleeping with him?'

'Parker!' Both Meg and Booth exclaimed. Mike was bright red.

'What does it matter?' she asked, tears forming in her eyes. 'I love him and that's all that should matter to you!' She wrapped an arm around Mike's waist and he put a comforting arm around her shoulders. 'Mum understood! God, why can't you? I know that you're having trouble with mum not being around, Dad, but I need you to at least try to understand!'

'I can't believe you kept this from us!' Parker nearly yelled. 'After all we've been through, you've always told me that I'm your best friend, the one you can talk to and now you come and tell me this?'

'Park, please,' Meg begged.

'I think you should go, Mike,' Booth said quietly.

'No, Dad!' Meg yelled, tears rolling down her cheeks. 'I knew you wouldn't understand! Why do you think I haven't told you? I knew you would act this way! You try to act like she would Dad, but you can't! You can't be Dad and Mum! You may be being a good father, but you're being a hopeless Dad. And by the way, Mike's staying here for a while.'

'You can't just invite boys to live in this house!' Booth yelled.

'Just because you lost the love of your life doesn't mean that you have to take mine away from me!' Meg yelled and instantly covered her mouth, horrified at what she had just said. Booth opened his mouth to speak, but closed it, his heart breaking all over again at his daughter's words.

Meg grabbed Mike's hand and nearly ran to her room, closing the door behind her and leaning against the door.

'I'm sorry,' she said to Mike and he stepped forward, taking her into his arms, kissing her hair.

'Don't be sorry, Meg,' he whispered into her ear.

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I know that Mike's mother was OTT, but I know mother's like that! Anyway, if you want to review, go for it, I'd love to hear what you think.

Thanks for reading!